I was reluctant to read any review that basically summarised The Great Gatsby as ‘a bit OTT’ as that would surely be missing the point. Of course it was going to be as garish as a kebab shop at Christmas – this is a Baz Luhrmann film, not Emmerdale. You don’t go to a dubstep … Continue reading
Behind The Candelabra was deemed ‘too gay’ for Hollywood, yet charmed the spandex off the Cannes crowd. Could this be the best bromance film ever? With the flamboyance to make Lady Gaga look like Kate Middleton, Valentino Liberace was once the world’s highest-paid entertainer. A walking contradiction, the pianist and vocalist embraced all spectrums of camp … Continue reading
I’m not yet 40 but any reservations I had about hitting that milestone age have been reassured by this film. If, when I waltz into my fourth decade I have a husband with mojito green eyes, a full head of hair, a job, initiative to knock back Viagra and the ability to deposit excrement that … Continue reading
Robot? That lasagna was divine. Now, when you’re done with the washing-up I need you to write a review for this film. There’s a good chap. Ok, so that may be a bit far fetched (robot hands don’t have nimble enough fingers. Yet) but this depiction of how our metallic mates could be our babysitters … Continue reading
Gangster Squad is exactly what you would expect from s gangster film: Bad cops in good suits, obedient trophy women wrapped in satin, a thunderous tally of pumped ammunition and cheap chat-up lines which, if they were not coming from the pursed lips of Ryan Gosling would earn you a wet lap and a … Continue reading
Explosive flight crash scene: check. Mild nudity from a woman of generous proportions: check. Drugs and booze: check. Denzel Washington: check. So Flight ticks a lot of components aimed to lure the Hollywood hounding audiences. But is it actually any good? Actually, yeah. Flight follows the conscientious journey of Whip the pilot (Denzel) and his … Continue reading
Musicals are like subtitles, you think they’ll be hard work but once you get going you don’t even notice the extra work needed to enjoy them. At first it’s quite a giggle watching an oily-faced Hugh Jackman belting out bars on how woeful it is rowing a 100 ton boat, but soon the smirks reside … Continue reading
Details of Star Trek Into Darkness are leaking like a bullet-holed bucket and the first carrot-dangling nine minutes of the movie are now being previewed before its May 2013 release and before selected viewings of The Hobbit (and to lucky sods like us). At the preview footage launch at the IMAX we watched the opening … Continue reading
Christmas has come early. The most anticipated film of the year (the one that doesn’t star Daniel Craig) is quite literally about to burst onto the big screen in bigger way. But is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in all its shiny armour and eye flickering beauty actually any good and it is worth the … Continue reading
Searching for Sugar Man was born out of well deserved intrigue into the unsuspecting fame of 70’s rock legend simply known as Rodriguez. Imagine finding out that you were hailed as being bigger than Elvis in a country you’d never been to. Maybe that love song you wrote and recorded on a cassette tape and … Continue reading
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